Artists Essays and Term Papers

the ultimate goal of a person was to excel in all aspects of life. Leonardo da Vinci is dubbed "the Renaissance Man" because he dabbled and succeeded in many different areas. Leonardo is most famous for his paintings, which captured shadow and…

a French painter was born in 1841 into a wealthy family. Morisot started to receive painting lessons from Joseph-Benoit Guichard, and soon became interested in Impressionism. Morisot had married Eugene Manet and was declared sister in law…

approaches fast. For Tupac fans, it means much more than just a new year. To the die-hard Tupac fans it means one more year until the long awaited resurrection. However, to other Tupac fans it just means another year has passed since his death. Tupac…

a very young age she started showing great artistic talent, and is now one of South Africa's most acknowledged sculptors. She studied at the University of Witwatersrand and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art degree in 1982. That same year,…

Life of Salvador Dali         Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech was born on May 11, 1904, in the small town of Figueres, Spain, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, only sixteen miles from the French border in the principality…

them in nature herself and from the work of the living model. A new secular framework in the search for languages, literature, history, and philosophy supported the move into humanism. The awakening of the human intellect and individualism paralleled…

career as a composer, performer and sound artist has been devoted to exploring the human voice as a multi-faceted instrument, going far beyond its traditional boundaries, creating works for voices, instruments and interactive technology. "One of the…

in tape music and American minimalism, has established himself as one of the foremost composers of our time. Following studies in philosophy at Cornell University (1953-7), Reich turned to composition, first with Persichetti at Julliard (1958-61),…

his own musical language. His is an extraordinary bonding of a variety of sounds associated with the black music tradition, while simultaneously bridging with European styles. His intermeshing of jazz and classical influences leaves critics constantly…

Impressionist period. The Impressionist period was light and spontaneous, which was against the formal way of the years before. It captures people in carefree leisure with color and light. In Renoir's early years, he stuck to painting beautiful landscape…